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Friends of Fast Forward
ALC
Belardi/Ostroy
Kroll Direct Marketing
RMI Direct Marketing
Specialists Marketing Services
Worldata
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The Time for Change is Now...
The companies that embrace it and move quickly will be the ones that survive and thrive. That means becoming a true leader.
This conference promises to:
• Jump-start your creative thought processes
• Change the way you approach problem-solving
• Help you inspire your staff
• Motivate you to take swift action and move boldly and confidently: Fast and Forward!
Fast Forward 2009 will alter the way you think about your business and help you re-engineer for success in turbulent times. Facilitated by Edie Weiner, this interactive half-day workshop will illuminate opportunities for your own company. Space is limited to only 50 data marketing professionals so that participants will fully benefit from the intimate atmosphere and get the most out of this focused session.
The program commences with a lunchtime discussion and Q&A of current DMA priorities and how they affect our business led by John Greco, President and CEO of the DMA, and Kelly Browning, Chair of the DMA Board of Directors. Everyone will have the opportunity to voice their opinions and dialog directly with the top execs directing the DMA.
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Edie Weiner
Author of Future Think, How to Think Clearly in a Time of Change
President of Weiner, Edrich, Brown, Inc., a futurist consulting group
Edie Weiner will then lead an interactive session, delivering insights into how you can chart a course to positively impact your company's future. She will discuss how mature organizations can cultivate creativity, which is essential in order to survive and thrive in this economy. Edie believes that Fast Forward is the spot-on name for this event. Things are moving fast and, by thinking differently, she will teach us how to aggressively move forward in a new economy.
Her emphasis will be on growth — and each participant will learn "how to think" in ways that are specifically relevant to their respective company. Her instructive style allows attendees to involve themselves in reaching their own conclusions--stemming from a belief that if you think differently, you can see differently, and strategize possibilities differently.
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Who Will You Meet?
Fast Forward 2009 is the only conference geared specifically for high-level data marketing professionals responsible for charting the course for their company's future. It's, spearheaded by a task force comprised of like-minded industry executives who value the opportunity to network and exchange ideas with their peers.
Every Fast Forward attendee will receive a complimentary copy of Ms. Weiner’s highly acclaimed book, Future Think. Act now and take advantage of deep discounts for this unparalleled opportunity. Presented as a precursor to DM Days 2009, Fast Forward is conveniently scheduled the day prior, June 15, 2009, 11:30am-4:15pm, at the DMA Seminar Center in midtown New York City, and culminates with the List Leader of the Year Award Dinner later that evening. Please note that the List Leader of the Year Award Dinner requires separate registration; however DMA List Leaders can register for both events and save $70! Register Now.
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About Edie Weiner...
Edie Weiner is president of Weiner, Edrich, Brown, Inc., a leading futurist consulting group in the United States. Formed in 1977, WEB has served over 300 clients (corporate, academic, government) in identifying opportunities in the areas of marketing, product development, strategic planning, investments, human resources, public affairs and advertising. Clients have ranged from the U.S. Congress to many of the Fortune 500. She is acknowledged as one of the most influential practitioners of social, technological, political and economic intelligence-gathering.
Ms. Weiner was the youngest outside woman ever elected to the board of directors of a major financial institution when she joined the board of Union Mutual Life Insurance Company (now UNUM Provident Corporation) at the age of 29. She has been a guest lecturer at Wharton, Harvard, Brown and a number of other universities. Her articles have appeared in numerous publications, including The Harvard Business Review, The Futurist, and The Wall Street Journal. She has co-authored four books with her partner Arnold Brown: Supermanaging (McGraw-Hill 1984), Office Biology (MasterMedia 1993), Insiders Guide to the Future (Bottom Line, 1997), and FutureThink (Prentice Hall, 2006).
For a period of 10 years, she founded and chaired the Esteem Teams, an innovative program in which dozens of inner city, at risk girls were mentored by executive women. She currently chairs ThinkQuest NYC to help bridge the technology gap for inner city students. She serves on numerous Boards and Advisory Boards, including the US Comptroller Generals Advisory Board, the U.S. Council on Competitiveness, Independent Agents & Brokers of New York, The Women’s Leadership Exchange, ThinkQuest New York City (Chair) and Boardroom Inc., The SciFi Channel, and the Women’s Forum. In the past, she has been on the Board or Advisory Board of the Jose Limon Dance Foundation (Chair), UNUM Corporation, First Unum Corp., CompUSA, the Fashion Group International and Avon's Women of Enterprise Awards. Ms. Weiner is a member of the Women’s Forum, the Belizean Grove, and she is the first recipient of the Fashion Group International's Entrepreneur of the Year Award (1998). |
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Rave reviews for Edie’s Book, Future Think
"FutureThink stretches the boundaries of our perception and opens new avenues for development. Incisive and useful!"
– General Wesley Clark, U.S. Army (ret.), former NATO commander
"We have exposed many of our people to the thinking technologies contained in this book, and they have proven extremely useful. I recommend this book to anyone who needs to get a grip on what the future may hold."
– Beth Comstock, chief marketing officer, General Electric
"This primer on critical thinking is a vitamin-B shot to the brain. I loved it."
–Barry I. Herstein, senior vice president, International Marketing and Communications, American Express
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